Tom L

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

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“Do You Remember?” by Tom L

Submitted to Contest #76

“Do you remember how we met? It was in Miami and the rainy season was starting to kick off. I had dressed up to meet a friend, a boy I had liked. I was a young girl and the world was so big, so I was looking for love to fill in the empty space. Something else, not exactly a shining prince and definitely not a dark hero, stumbled into Cold Stone, drenched and sopping wet. I don’t remember a lot of the details, but I remember an outlandishly iridescent floral shirt, as if neon colored flamingo had gotten drunk and lost after a night out in an ...

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“A Little Nudge” by Tom L

Submitted to Contest #75

Trigger warning: suicide “Hello.” Sam knew the voice. He heard it when two policemen showed up at an apartment’s door to tell his mother that his father was never coming home, and he’d heard it in the days and years following. It was a languid itch that started in his chest and nestled in his forehead, an itch Sam had tried his best to ignore. In another life, a first love had told a younger Sam that she loved his laugh - she could always pinpoint him by the way the sound filled a room, like a rolling ocean wave captured in a bottle. ...

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